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Pneumococcal peritonitis mimicking acute appendicitis

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Rijnland Hospital, 4220, 2350 CC , Leiderdorp, The Netherlands

    Mijke van Steekelenburg & Jos J. Gosen

  2. Department of Surgery, Rijnland Hospital, Leiderdorp, The Netherlands

    Ronald A. de Roo, Pascal Steenvoorde & Adriaan J. den Outer

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van Steekelenburg, M., de Roo, R.A., Steenvoorde, P. et al. Pneumococcal peritonitis mimicking acute appendicitis. Eur J Pediatr 163, 505–506 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-004-1472-3

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